hologram
Etymology

From holo- + -gram, from Ancient Greek ὅλος + γραμμή ("letter, line"), coined by Hungarian-born British scientist Dennis Gabor in 1948, the 1971 Nobel prize winner in physics for his work in holography.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈhɒləɡɹæm/
Noun

hologram (plural holograms)

  1. A three-dimensional image of an object created by holography.
    Synonyms: holograph
    • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 233 ↗:
      He turned his head and stared out to sea, longing for the hologram logo of Fuji Electric, for the drone of a helicopter, anything at all.
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